Hi, sister Geevee. I hope you know that feeling is totally mutual.
I still haven't left yet. DH and DS have been in California for days now, but I'm staying here longer because I am the world's biggest cat wuss, and want to shorten the length of time all of us are away from our 5 cat terrorists. DH won't be back until July 30, and DS and I will be trekking until August 7 or so.
That's an eternity for our furballs, I'm afraid.
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The last time DS and I were away for weeks, Ziggy, one of our Maine coon cats who is especially close to me, was so stunned that i was still alive, and so angry with me for being away, that when we returned she ran away from me at first, then ignored me, then, when I laid down on the floor to be on her level, she marched up to me and (for real), slapped me in the face with one paw, then turned away, tail sticking straight up in the air, and strolled away.
I'm having dark thoughts about returning to an angry mob of 5 cats.
Still on schedule though, to be in Mesa by next Wednesday or Thursday.